The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a man at Port Harcourt airport with 9.9kg cocaine concealed in condoms.
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The man, 34-years old South American from Suriname, by name Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Port Harcourt International Airport.
The man was bringing 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray into Nigeria.
The suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located in the North Eastern coast of South America on 2nd April for Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday 7th April, 2023 on board Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost Nigerian father whom he called “Omini.”
NDLEA announced the arrest on its twitter handle on Sunday.
Surinamese man arrested at PH airport with 9.9kg cocaine concealed in condoms
…As NDLEA intercepts 1,559.3kg Colorado at Tincan port, 5 states; 648,050 pills of opioids in Lagos, Imo, Taraba pic.twitter.com/CxAia1gQHA
— NDLEA NIGERIA (@ndlea_nigeria) April 9, 2023
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